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April 29, 2011

Ever have fruit laying around that you know if you don't do something with it soon, it aint gonna be pretty? I had some grapes that were headed that way so I froze them!

Ingredients:
1 cup of frozen grapes
water (leave grapes in cup and fill to 1 cup line with water)
sprinkle of ground ginger
1 packet splenda with fiber
a few ice cubes ( I didn't put these in but plan to next time!)

April 28, 2011

Yesterday morning I made Pineapple Crisp for breakfast and I was pretty impressed. It got me thinking about a recipe my grandmother-in-law had made at dinner one night. It was a side dish with sweet potatoes and pineapple in it. And I just so happened to have some sweet potatoes I could repurpose.

mix all of the ingredients together, stir to combine well. Since I noticed some of the moisture cooked out yesterday, I put a saucer over my bowl this morning before I heated it in the microwave to hold it in a bit. Heat in microwave for about 1-1.25 minutes. serve and enjoy =)

5 Points+ for all of it =)
Say hello to your breakfast with about 13% of you DRV Iron, 230% Vitamin A, and 55% Vitamin C.
:WOOT!:

April 27, 2011

At this point, I am sure you guys have figured out I LOVE me some easy, cheap fast recipes. This one is no different. It was originally posted over at and adapted from Delightful Country Cooking as a guest post by Tina from Mom's Crazy Cooking.

April 24, 2011

Ingredients:
1 box fat free angel food cake mix
1 20 oz can of crushed pineapple (or if you are like me and ACCIDENTLY used your can making something else!) grab a 20 oz can of slice pineapple, packed in its own juice, drain the juice and puree in blender or food processor until smooth.

Typically this is made in a bundt pan, but I don't have one so I used 2 x loaf pans.

Mix the Pineapple with the dry mix and follow directions on mix box for further preparation info.

In a ziplock bag, place chicken and marinade. Let sit in refrigerator for at least 30 minutes.

Preheat grill to medium/high heat (about 375-400). Make a grill packet with aluminum foil. (basically lay out a piece about 16 inches long, fold up the and but leave an opening in the middle to put in the ingredients.)

Put the broccoli in the packet, top with chicken and marinade straight from bag, then top with pineapple. Sprinkle with seasoning. Seal the top of the bag by gently folding over the top edges.

Cook for about 20 minutes

I cooked mine on the indirect grill rack for the first 15, then moved it to the direct heat for the last 5.

These little bites are make using ice cube trays! You can get finicky like i did and weigh everything or you can eye ball it. Weighing will give you more uniform bites and more accurate Points+ calculations.
This recipe could be slimmed down some more, but I used ingredients I had on hand!
Adapted from SparkRecipes

Mix cool whip and cream cheese until well blended. Spoon out evenly in to 12 sections of ice cube tray ( I used my food scale and divided the amount of mix I had by 12, less the weight of the bowl I was mixing in).

Tap a few times on the counter to settle.

Top each section with 1/12th of the strawberry topping (again, I weighed and put 1/12 on top of each)

Freeze for at least 2 hours. Serve and enjoy!

These are good, but I think they would be better less frozen. Of course you have to freeze them to get them to be able to pop out of the mold, but...I vote let it sit in the fridge or at room temp for a few minutes before eating.

Mix Jell-O with 1 cup boiling water. Dissolve Jell-O completely. Add 1 cup cold water and let it sit for 5 minutes. Using electric beater, beat in pudding and mix until well combined. Fold in drained fruit and Cool Whip. Chill and serve.

The pictures aren't very flattering, but I am hoping it will be yummy for a snack tomorrow. the original recipe indicates 4 servings, but I made this in an 8x8 dish and it looks like 4 servings would be large.

water, jello and pudding mixed!

not so pretty but hopefully yummy! :)

I let it sit in the fridge over night and it firmed up well and was pretty